If Favre Takes A Beating, Will The Refs Notice It?

Published Feb. 3, 2010 at 5:37 a.m.
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...7 days ago:...FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2009, file photo, Minnesota Vikings football fans spell out the last name of quarterback Brett Favre during the second half of an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers in Minneapolis. Adrian Peterson, Jared Allen and the rest of the Vikings players aren't the only ones in the organization hoping Brett Favre returns next season. Favre made it easier on the team's advertising, ticket sales and marketing departments to lure corporate sponsors and big spenders...(AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid, File)...

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QB Brett Favre's agent, Bus Cook, provided photos of Favre's black-and-blue ankle and hamstring after the NFC Championship game. The Saints went hard after his legs, and the refs admit they missed the call. The rule should have been fresh in their mind since the Brady Rule was just adopted last March. I think the NFL refs are the best officials for any major league sport, but this has been a lousy post-season (season?) for them. Meanwhile the league selected Scott Green to referee in the Super Bowl despite missing the helmet-to-helmet hit and the facemask against QB Aaron Rodgers on the last two plays of the playoff loss in Arizona.

Speaking of Favre, from The Onion: Packers Fan Announces He Will Return To Drinking For Another Season.

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